Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
Alternative combination: Cypraea castacensis
Full reference: R. B. Stewart. 1927. Gabb's California fossil type gastropods. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 78:287-447
Belongs to Grovesia according to L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023
See also Perrilliat et al. 2003, Squires 1984 and Stewart 1927
Sister taxa: Grovesia ganensis, Grovesia mathewsonii, Grovesia nogarolensis, Grovesia phaseolina
Type specimen: UCMP 11690. Its type locality is UCMP 452, Grapevine Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: California collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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